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The Greek Energy Forum - GEF

The Greek Energy Forum (Ελληνικό Ενεργειακό Forum) – founded and headquartered in London since 2013 and currently featuring branch offices in Brussels, Athens, Nicosia, Dubai and Washington DC – is an international energy think tank consisting of Greek energy professionals holding international corporate posts, and sharing a common interest in the broader energy industry in Greece and Southeastern Europe. The members of the Greek Energy Forum hold international corporate posts and their expertise spans across the energy industry spectrum, benefiting the Greek Energy Forum with a multi-disciplinary skill-set and a holistic approach to its field. The main objectives of the Greek Energy Forum are:

–To establish an international platform of ideas and dialogue amongst energy professionals to enable Change in the energy setting of SE Europe/East Med

The Greek Energy Forum holds regular meetings across different international locations in the form of networking events and round-table sessions, panel discussions or presentations, hosting guest speakers who share their views on targeted energy topics and contribute to the open discussion among its members. Additionally, the formation of working groups within its member structure, results in the publication of articles and opinions papers which are published across multiple media platforms.

Provided the recent and ever progressing developments around energy and hydrocarbons in Greece and Southeastern Europe, the Greek Energy Forum aims at utilising the know-how and invaluable expertise of its members to contribute with innovative proposals and hence catalyse the growth of the energy industry in the region. We welcome all the energy professionals of Hellenic origin that would like to support that cause and who are willing to enhance their network, exchange ideas and promote the development of the energy and hydrocarbons industry in our region.

The Greek Energy Forum, which takes the form a non-for-profit volunteer association registered in Greece, acknowledges the fact that its members are employed by companies and/or organisations that might be market competitors. As a consequence we are serious about preventing anti-competitive conduct in all our activities.

All individuals involved in the Greek Energy Forum - including the Management Committee, Focus Group Heads/Deputy Heads, Steering Committee, as well as standard members - are serving under their personal capacity. The analysis and opinions they express through the Greek Energy Forum are their own and do not reflect the view of their respective employers.

What is more, we require that our members never discuss the following topics within the Forum:

-Commodity prices/Freight rates/Costs

-Production numbers and production plans

-Industrial capacity or commodity inventories

-Sales/purchase contracts that have not been announced publicly

-Future business plans

-Matters relating to individual customer/suppliers

-Employee compensation, benefits, remuneration etc

We also require that our members never make agreements or take decisions to conduct the following activities within the Forum:

-Fix sale or purchase prices or other terms

-Restrict capacity or output or limit quality competition or research

-Refrain from supplying a product or service or divide markets or customers

-Exclude competing companies from a market or blacklist or boycott customers or suppliers

Failure to follow these rules will result in immediate exclusion from the organisation.

To read the full constitution of the Greek Energy Forum please follow this Link.

Background: PhD Candidate in Energy Strategy, University of Macedonia - Thessaloniki; MSc in Strategic Studies & International Policy, University of Macedonia - Thessaloniki; BA in Political Science & Diplomacy, University of Macedonia - Thessaloniki; BA in Economic Science, University of Macedonia - Thessaloniki.

Konstantinos Zakoulas, Deputy Head of Focus Group - Shipping and Power Markets

Company: Thenamaris

Career: Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Background: Msc in International Business, Energy and Petroleum, University of Aberdeen, MEng in Electrical & Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens

Dimitrios Sarantopoulos, Deputy Head of Focus Group - Shipping and Power Markets

Background: MEng Electrical Engineering & Computer Science National Technical University of Athens, MBA International Athens University of Economics & Business, BSc in Economics & Finance National Kapodistrian University of Athens

Alexandra Sdoukou, Deputy Head of Focus Group - Shipping and Power Markets

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All individuals involved in the Greek Energy Forum - including the Management Committee,
Focus Group Heads/Deputy Heads, Steering Committee, as well as standard members - are serving in their personal capacity.
The analysis and opinions they express through the Greek Energy Forum are their own
and do not reflect the view of their respective employers.